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On the agenda: Amnesty and parties

Posted on April 22, 2008 | Leave a comment

The mayor presents his proposal to grant amnesty to those area drivers that have outstanding parking and traffic tickets during the month of July for its first reading. (item 21)

Approval of the use of Caldwell Park for the Alabama Symphony’s summer concert series appears as a consent item this morning as well. (item 16)

Money being held in escrow by the BJCC Authority, more than $3 million listed as fees in lieu of taxes, may be used by the BJCC to cover the cost of repairs to the facility, with the purpose and uses of additional monies collected being determined at a later date. (item 29).

View this week’s full agenda on the city’s website.

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A look back: April 22

Posted on April 22, 2008 | Comments Off

1873:

Robert Henley, first Mayor of Birmingham, died in office.

1904:

The castings for Vulcan arrived at the World’s Fair grounds in St Louis.

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Across the pond: Big screen controversy

Posted on April 21, 2008 | Leave a comment

A view of “The Big Screen” in Victoria Square, Birmingham. queen verna/Flickr.

A 27-foot wide structure labeled as an important part of Birmingham, England’s progression towards being forward-thinking (in the words of their City Council) is still not on several months after the project was first approved after being turned off. The picture above was taken last February when it was operational.

Now, according to the article on The Birmingham Post’s website, this project has been stalled for months. The hope was for all of the screens being installed to be operational in time for the Beijing Olympics. It could be a great way to see if the network could work for when London hosts the Games in 2012.

So what are the issues? There are a plenty… as well as opinions about whether it should be there or not.

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Earth Day plans?

Posted on April 21, 2008 | Leave a comment

BTW – how about letting us know what your plans are for Earth Day over on Magic City Question?

Just wondering…

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Help the Big Guy atop Red Mountain breathe a little easier

Posted on April 21, 2008 | Leave a comment

Si Reasoning - Sierra Club Now, tomorrow’s Earth Day (officially), at least the one that everyone’s familiar with (maybe)… that’s another post. Anyway, there are a lot of things available to people in Birmingham tomorrow because of the observance that will help make the community a better place to live, whether financially or environmentally. One of the environmental options includes driving up to visit Vulcan atop Red Mountain and getting a free 90 second emissions test beginning at 10 a.m. Click on the link to see the rest of the scheduled testings for this year if you can’t make it tomorrow. There’s more…

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Learning to save the fun way tomorrow in Linn Park

Posted on April 21, 2008 | Leave a comment

Way2Save logo - Wachovia.com Mayor Langford will be among the many in attendance at Linn Park tomorrow morning beginning at 11 a.m. as part of Wachovia’s Way2Save Challenge. Birmingham is the current stop on an 11-city tour that aims to educate consumers about the importance of saving. Some of our city’s youngest residents, pre-K students from John Herbert Phillips Academy, will learn to save their pennies in a piggy bank activity, while some of our other residents will be trying to make sure that more students have a chance to further their education, in a fun way…